The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-25
repeated bis frst remark, and dared

HBuC no pOllccIhan. DuJ III you
want to fight take off that badge
and will fight YOU" and to come
inside the yard. Mr.. Muller stepped
in and repeated my remark about
coming into the yard to Dias, which
was no sooner said, than Mr.. Dias,
without any word about arrest,
jumped at me with the idea of pick
ing fight. Dias used the express
sion "Noho MALE oe," but no at
tention was paid to the remark, and
Dias and Robinson both had hold of
me. A general scuffle ensued, in
which some of my friends took part,
and Dias and 1 fell OH the sidewalk
together. AS soon as ] felt myself
free 1 turned towards the gate,
where saw Mr.. g. N. Arnold, who
asked me to get inside the gate, as
there they could not touch me. Just
as got in the gate, / presume an
other rush was made at me, but
managed to keep clear of the scuffle
and slipped into the makai side of
the gate. At that point l turned
round and saw three or four figures
on the ground, where blows were
passed between the parties on the
ground. Then they passed out of
the yard and 1 remained inside the
yard. l then stood looking over
the fence and observed Mr.. Muller
in the hands of three policemen,
being dragged down the street.
Also Mr.. Whitney in the hands of
two or three more policemen. 1
turned to the police in front of the
gate and explained in native as well
as l could the facts of the case. At
this point Robinson stepped mp with
his chilly" shaking it in my face,
saying, if dared to come outside
he would hit me, using oaths at the
same time. saw officer Dole, called
him and explained to him how the
thing had started. He turned round
to me and remarked in native "He
poe hou keia, ina owau maanei
mamua aole pilikia," which trans
lated means, "Those are new men,
if l had been here before this would
not have happened" They then
asked permission to come in and
look for badge that was lost.
said, Certainly, come in." They
looked for the badge but did not
find it. They went out and l saw
Robinson mount his horse and, say
ing at the time, Jack Dowsett you
are G. d. coward" BY this
time the other gentlemen had been
marched off to the Station House.
Dias was amongst those who searched
for the badge. / never saw him be-
fore that night. did not 90 out of
the gate second time. Mr.. Arnold
stayed there minute or two. After
l got in the yard there was row
of policemen in front of the gate.
l did not strike Dias in the face,
neither did l hit Robinson. The
only thing did was to try and free
myself. 'Dias never stated that be
me, neither did Robinson.
l touched no bride or horse. DIas
had his coat on when he first came
up and he had it off when he came
up. to me. l saw no badge when he
was on horseback. When he came
up to me his badge was on his left
breast, on his shirt. Whitney came
up to try and separate us. l did
not see either Whitney or Widemann
strike Dias. Had they done so |
should have seen it. Dias got hold
of me first and he tried to throw me
and ! struggled to free myself. He
had his arms round my body. 1
saw no one grab his badge off. 1
hardly think it could have been done
without my seeing it.
BY the. Marshal--An inpertinent
question was Overruled by the Court.
did not know Dias before that time.
As far as l know that was the first
time l saw him or had anything to
say to him. There was nothing
passed between us before he seized
me round the body. lie first grab
bed me by tho shoulders and then
clinched. Example given in Court)
did not get angry or mad. know
Of no grudge that Dias had against
me, He dared mo to fight and then
grabbed. ! don't remember Mr.,
Muller speaking to me. My atten.
ton was attracted to Dias. Mr.,
Hatch and Mr.. Whiting were the
first to leave the house. had no
III feeling to Robinson. did not
make use Of that expression, "I'll
Tx you by and by" on a former oc.
casion. When Dias and l fell, we
fell side by side. If either Wide
mann or Whitney had struck pias
while we were embraced, | should
have seen it, Most certainly Dias
wanted to fight me. He took off
his coat between the time he got off
his horse and came up to me. l did
not see his coat afterwards. I will
swear be had coat on. He had
dark hat on. He said he wanted to
light me after he got off his horse.
aid not hear Robinson tell Dias to
arrest me. l was in conversation
with Robinson. l do not think l
n ranly n nlocc ~ rho 4IA